Photo: Smallbones · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Berlin Township records more property crime than nine in ten U.S. towns
Year on year, 1.1 violent crimes and 31.5 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 2.1 and 13.7 in the rest of New Jersey. Even so, all 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Berlin Township’s letter overall is C− (#306 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. The rate the grade counts dropped 17% from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NJ” is every other New Jersey city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Berlin Township
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 New Jersey towns on Berlin Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Berlin (B), Evesham Township (B−), Voorhees Township (B−), Lindenwold (C−). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Berlin Township has 4,710 jobs based in town for 6,060 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Berlin Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Berlin Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Berlin Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Berlin Township’s police reported 20 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Berlin Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Berlin Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 33.2 | 14.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 32.9 | 14.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 28.3 | 12.6 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
Crime in Berlin Township per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
175 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
3 violent and 172 property, as reported to the FBI by Berlin Township’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Berlin Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Berlin Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is more than is typical for New Jersey towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (4.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Berlin Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Berlin Township’s own rate (13.4) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Berlin Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Township | C− | 1.1 | 31.5 |
| Berlin | B | 0.2 | 14.2 |
| Voorhees Township | B− | 0.7 | 16.4 |
| Evesham Township | B− | 0.9 | 14.6 |
| Lindenwold | C− | 4.1 | 18.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Township | C− | 1.1 | 31.5 |
| Fair Haven | A+ | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Mount Arlington | A+ | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| Little Silver | A | 0.1 | 6.1 |
| Hightstown | B+ | 1.3 | 5.6 |
| Logan Township | C+ | 0.8 | 19.4 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Berlin Township’s population (6,060), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Berlin Township. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Berlin Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,078 in 2025); our figure for Berlin Township is 6,060 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Berlin Township
Is Berlin Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Berlin Township reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #306 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 1.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Berlin Township?
1.1 violent and 31.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Berlin Township safer than Berlin?
Berlin reports less crime per resident than Berlin Township: Berlin grades B for safety and Berlin Township C−. Berlin’s police reported 0.2 violent and 14.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Berlin Township?
Berlin Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Berlin Township”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.